Past Member
Virag Molnar
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Virag Molnar’s research explores radical nationalist consumer culture in Hungary, focusing on fashion, heritage tourism, martial arts, and book publishing. It probes how markets serve as important vehicles for promoting new interpretations of national identity and circulating nationalist symbols, thereby fostering popular support for nationalist radicalization.
Dates at IAS
Member
School of Social Science
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Degrees
Princeton University
Ph.D.
2005
Princeton University
M.A.
1999
Budapest University of Economics (today Corvinus University)
B.A.
1996
Honors
2017
Berlin Prize/Axel Springer Fellowship, American Academy in Berlin
2016
ACLS Fellowship
2014
Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section, American Sociological Association
2011
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
2006
Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
Appointments
The New School
2015–2019
Associate Professor of Sociology
The New School
2008–2015
Assistant Professor of Sociology
The George Washington University
2006–2007
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Reading, United Kingdom
2005–2006
Lecturer in Sociology